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# cooperative

adjective (cooperative, more cooperative, most cooperative); noun (a cooperative, cooperatives — also «co-op»)

«cooperative» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. If you are cooperative, you are willing to help and work together with others and do what is asked. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cooperative/#m1)
2. Cooperative work or play is done by people working together for the same goal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cooperative/#m2)
3. (noun) A cooperative is a business or farm owned and run by the people who work in it or use it, who share the profits. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cooperative/#m3)

### In the lessons

At school, cooperative learning means working in groups and helping each other; a cooperative game is one where everyone wins or loses together. In everyday life, a «co-op» can be a shop owned by its members, such as the Co-op in the UK. In stories, a cooperative character is helpful and easy to work with, while an uncooperative one is stubborn. Common phrases: «be cooperative», «cooperative game», «cooperative learning», «farmers' cooperative», «the Co-op».

### Examples

- The children were very cooperative and tidied up quickly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cooperative/#x1)
- We played a cooperative board game where we all had to stop the flood together. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cooperative/#x2)
- The dentist said I was a cooperative patient. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cooperative/#x3)
- The farmers formed a cooperative to sell their milk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cooperative/#x4)
- Nan buys her groceries at the Co-op. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cooperative/#x5)
- The cat was not very cooperative when we tried to bath it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cooperative/#x6)
- A cooperative group shares the work fairly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cooperative/#x7)
- The police thanked the witness for being so cooperative. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cooperative/#x8)

### Note

Also spelled «co-operative» (UK) and shortened to «co-op». The opposite is «uncooperative». The verb is «cooperate» and the noun for the action is «cooperation». Say co-OP-er-a-tive. A cooperative (noun) is countable: a cooperative, two cooperatives.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cooperative» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cooperative/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cooperative» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cooperative.html) on Mova free.